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Blake Stilwell is a traveler and writer with degrees in design, television & film, journalism, public relations, international relations, and business administration. He is a former combat photographer with experience in politics, entertainment, development, nonprofit, military, and government. His career includes work in Business Insider, Fox News, ABC News, NBC, HBO, and the White House.
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Trainees get shot in the chest for this insane Russian special forces training
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Conan O’Brien takes his late night show to North Korea . . . sort of
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Apr 1, 2021 6:38 PM PDT
United Airlines allegedly denied benefits to an Air Force reservist
Apr 2, 2021 12:03 AM PDT
This airman claims his top secret official duty was to talk to aliens
Apr 1, 2021 9:40 AM PDT
Good news, airmen: The Air Force put all of your basic training photos online
Apr 1, 2021 1:05 AM PDT
This hard-luck WWII soldier survived the Bataan Death March, torture and the atomic bomb
Mar 29, 2021 9:14 AM PDT
The amazing way this Israeli pilot survived a birdstrike
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
This Vietnam War Veteran was reunited with his lost arm after 50 years
Mar 29, 2021 5:50 AM PDT
The 10 most memorable Vietnam War songs
Mar 29, 2021 5:05 AM PDT
This Israeli special forces unit is their version of Navy SEALs
Mar 26, 2021 9:38 AM PDT
Why the NFL used to have barefoot kickers
Mar 26, 2021 3:46 AM PDT
This reporter performed brain surgery on a Marine using a handheld drill
Mar 26, 2021 9:45 AM PDT
WWII nose art motivated airmen with sex and humor
Mar 26, 2021 9:36 AM PDT
This is how ‘the most dangerous man in Europe’ hunted his fellow Nazis for Israel
Mar 25, 2021 9:42 AM PDT
Actor James Garner’s sense of smell saved the day during the Korean War
Mar 23, 2021 9:38 AM PDT
7 songs that will impress your unit at karaoke night
Mar 23, 2021 7:00 AM PDT
This 80-year-old minuteman took on a column of British troops by himself
Mar 18, 2021 10:08 AM PDT
Watch this knockout from a modern-day Medieval knight fight
Mar 23, 2021 9:42 AM PDT
This Nigerian woman stopped hunting antelope to shoot terrorists
Mar 19, 2021 5:24 AM PDT
How fans of ‘Jack Reacher’ were right about Tom Cruise
Mar 19, 2021 3:44 AM PDT
Arlington National Cemetery workers carried a WWII vet to see his wife’s grave
Mar 16, 2021 9:55 AM PDT
Listen to the playlist that ousted a dictator
Mar 15, 2021 6:38 PM PDT
This is why the French are better at war than you think
Mar 15, 2021 5:23 PM PDT
This boxer survived the Holocaust by winning fights in Auschwitz
Mar 12, 2021 3:43 AM PST
Chronically ill Gulf War vets still fighting for VA recognition 25 years on
Mar 12, 2021 7:03 AM PST
10 awesome military movies on Netflix you might be blocked from viewing while deployed
Mar 11, 2021 6:38 AM PST
This is why there’s no Field Marshal rank in the US military
Mar 11, 2021 6:42 AM PST
How a ‘zit-faced kid’ transformed into a Navy SEAL — and a powerful advocate for veterans
Mar 11, 2021 7:22 AM PST
5 reasons Canada might be the most powerful country on Earth
Mar 10, 2021 9:47 PM PST
This British crew sang a hilarious song as their ship burned
Mar 9, 2021 2:54 PM PST
6 miraculous operations of the Israel Defense Forces
Mar 9, 2021 3:38 PM PST
That time Israeli airmen and a US Marine attacked 10,000 Egyptians and won
Mar 9, 2021 9:40 PM PST
This is why US troops in Vietnam called this gecko the ‘F*ck You Lizard’
Mar 5, 2021 9:46 AM PST
3 celebrity relatives who changed history in combat
Mar 5, 2021 6:40 AM PST
The top 10 most patriotic moments in sports history
Mar 5, 2021 3:42 AM PST
This legendary triple ace wrote an amazing letter on modern Air Force leadership
Mar 5, 2021 9:40 AM PST
The 8 best war cries in military history
Mar 5, 2021 9:38 AM PST
How this squeegee handle saved 6 people on 9/11
Mar 5, 2021 9:54 AM PST
One of the pioneers of the Navy SEALs lived almost a century
Mar 5, 2021 3:43 AM PST
Civil War re-enactors have their own POG-level slang
Mar 4, 2021 3:41 PM PST
5 of the best musical instruments to go to war with
Mar 3, 2021 3:41 PM PST
This is how Teddy Roosevelt wins a bar fight
Mar 3, 2021 7:16 PM PST
6 interesting facts about American Indians in the US military
Mar 3, 2021 7:03 PM PST
This is the real Iraq War battle behind ‘The Long Road Home’
Mar 2, 2021 6:40 PM PST
Marines were once saved by candy from the sky
Mar 1, 2021 9:38 AM PST
The 7 best military stories from the glory days of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’
Mar 1, 2021 6:40 PM PST
Why Native American nations declared war on Germany twice
Feb 28, 2021 7:18 PM PST
Keanu Reeves shows trigger skills at a ‘3-gun’ shooting range
Feb 28, 2021 9:40 AM PST
That real time three ex-Navy pilots fought a Hollywood-style brawl at 19,000 feet
Feb 28, 2021 6:59 AM PST
The last combat soldier to leave Vietnam was killed in the 9/11 attacks
Feb 26, 2021 3:46 AM PST
The 11 most beloved characters in military movies
Feb 26, 2021 7:52 AM PST